¹ Mundalo etsio Omuruchi Herode olwa yahulira ifuma ya Yesu, ² yababoolera abakholibe mbu, Uno ni Yohana omubatisi, alamushe mubafu, naye akhola amakhuwa amakhongo.

³ Shichira yali niyamura mumboye khulwa omukhasi Herodia wali omukhaye woMusiani wabwe Filipo. ⁴ Yohana yamuboolera mbu, shikakhoyere iwe okhumukalusia tawe, ⁵ yenya okhumwira habula yaria abomukanda khulwa basubiliranga mbu, nomurume.

⁶ Olwa omwikhoyo kwokhwibulwakhwe kwola omukhanawe yashina mumuse obulayi. Herode nasangasibwa muno. ⁷ Mana niyetsuba okhumuheresia shiosi shiosi eshia asaba. ⁸ Nyina mwana namumonyera okhusaba Omurwe kwa Yohana omubatisi khuluteru. ⁹ Mana Omuruchi naberera okhushira, ne khulwa eshitsubo, yetsuba okhuhana shiosi shiosi imberi wabacheni bomwikhoyo, yanichirisia omurwe kurerwe mana naheresibwa. ¹⁰ Narumasia mbu, Yohana yerwe mumboye. ¹¹ Mana Omurwe kurerwe khuluteru nende omukhonyereriwe mana nikuheresibwa Herodia. ¹² Mana abechibe nibabukula Omubilikwe nibakuyabira, mana nibatsia okhuboolera Yesu. ¹³ Mana Yesu olwayaulira yako, yarulao natsia ehale ninabo, olwa abandu baulira bamulondakhwo khubirenje okhula mwitokho. ¹⁴ mana Yesu nachingula tsimoni nalolera abomukanda, tsimbabasi nitsimutira khulwabwe, nabahonia amalwale kabwe.

¹⁵ Hamukoloba, abechi bamwitsira nibamubira mbu habundu hano nimushitsimi, Ne Eshialo, bwirire, sebula omukanda batsie bakulekhwo ebilibwa.

¹⁶ Yesu nabakalusia, mbu, "shibakhoyera okhutsia tawe, baheresie kho eshiokhulia".

¹⁷ nibamukalusia bari, khuli hano nende emikate chirano nende tsinyeni tsibiri bionyene.

¹⁸ Nababoolera, nderere hano. ¹⁹ Nabalachirisia okhwikhala hasi khubunyasi, mana nabukula emikate chirano nende Tsinyeni tsibiri, mana nahenga Mwikulu nabilamira tsikhabi, mana nabaheresia abechi babakabire. ²⁰ Bosi balia nibekura, mana nibitong'a ebimwero ekhumi nende bibiri. ²¹ Mana abalia bali ebikhumira birano abasatsa bonyene obularakhwo bamama nabana.

²² Mana Yesu nanichirisia abeechi okhwinjira Mumeli nibambukha olucherekha naye nasebula omukanda. ²³ Olwa yamala okhusebula omukanda, yatikulukha khushikulu okhusaya, olwabwera, yatong'a yenyene. ²⁴ Nayo Imeli yali hakari weiNyanza niilumwa namarunda, shichira omuyeka kwali nikubashiamire. ²⁵ Mana mushiro hakari, Yesu nabetsera nachendanga khumatsi ikulu. ²⁶ olwa abechi bamulola banyakhana emioyo muno nibapara mbu, shikhali eshishieno noho? mana nibahaba okhushira. ²⁷ Mana Yesu nababolera, mularia ta, nesie.

²⁸ Mana Petero nakalusia mbu, Omwami, noba noli iwe fuchirira nditse ewa oli khumatsi.

²⁹ Namuboolera "Petero, yitsa"naye Petero narula Mumeli nachaka okhuchenda khumatsi natsia ewa Yesu yali. ³⁰ Ne olwa yaulira omuyeka nikuutsa, naria nachaka okhwiinikha mumatsi, mana nahaba nabola, Omwami, umbonie!

³¹ Mana Yesu nanyira omukhonokwe namutirakwo, namuboolera ""iwe wobusuri obulemu mbushina nokanakaniye?" ³² Olwa benjira muliaro, Omuyeka nikuulera.

³³ abali Mumeli nibamwitsira nibamwinamira, nibaboola mbu, toto mwene oli Omwana wa Nyasaye.

³⁴ Olwa Yesu yali niyakhambukha, yola mushialo shia Genazereti, ³⁵ olwa abandu bayao bamumanyirisia, baruma oburume buli habundu, nibarera buli omundu owali omulwale,

³⁶ nibamusaya mbu, batirekhwotsa lichemo lieinguboye, nabo bosi abatirakhwo, bahona.